Sanctuary of Our Lady of Grace, Rasiglia

The sanctuary was built in 1450 on the site where the popular belief speaks of the finding of a Madonna statue. At the site there is a cave with a spring to which miraculous properties are attributed, as evidenced by the dense series of votive offerings that cover the church walls. In 1616 a pastoral visit informs us that some lay people took care of the sanctuary, their character of hermit-custodians was officially recognised towards the end of the XVII century. The church has a single nave with a bell tower, inside, the semicircular apse is of more recent construction and is located above a crypt. The side walls were raised in conjunction with the construction of a side chapel of the 16th century. In front of the façade there is a portico, on three of the six columns that support it there are some steles by the sculptor Pietro Corradi executed in 1937. By the same sculptor are the arched door with a rosette on the left side and the cornice that runs around the apse, both from 1933. The interior walls of the church are decorated with valuable votive frescoes, the work of Foligno masters, from the 15th century.